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TIL that a group of researchers determined that infinite monkeys probably couldn't write Shakespeare: 'The six monkeys - Elmo, Gum, Heather, Holly, Mistletoe and Rowan - produced five pages of text which consisted mainly of the letter 's'."

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QNnEL TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to fly in an airplane (although his flight was a year after his was out of office). There's video, even.
j68rv TIL an estimated number of 10'000 Londoners died from smog in 1952.
oBBdW TIL individuals with mental illness are no more likely to become violent than the average person. In fact, individuals with a mental illness are 10 times more likely to become victims of violence.
9GeM TIL about Schmidt won Jack Nicholson the 2003 Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Upon accepting his award, Nicholson quipped: “I’m a little surprised. I thought we made a comedy.”
Oo5jX TIL Regulatory capture is a form of government failure where those bodies regulating industries become sympathetic to the businesses they are supposed to be regulating. Regulatory capture can mean monopolies can continue to charge high prices.